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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07

Last week all the Unawecp cowboys
were on the roundup at the head of the
Dominguez, says recent issue of Mesa
County Coli paper. They had Just
finished moving camp, and Mac Thoma-
son and Moses Moffit were riding along
on their bronchos toward their new quar-
tiers. They had arrived within a mile OF
the camp when they discovered black
bear in the brush. They at once started
off in pursuit of bruin and chased him up
tree. They determined to capture him,
and, although totally unarmed, save their
lariats, succeeding in doing so. They
first cleared away the underbrush from
around the tree so they could loose their
lariats, and at once commenced the work
of roping him. They roped him several
times, but bruin would, with his fore
feet, throw the rope off as quickly as it
fell TO his shoulders. Finally Nose Motif
succeeded u fastening him, and putting
his horse in motion dragged the bear
from the tree. As soon as he fell Mac
Thomson was ready with club to dis
match him, whichhe did with few heavy
blows across the head The boys then
went into camp, where they told their
adventure to their comrades, and then
securing knives went back and removed
the hide. The bear, when dressed,
weighed $50 pounds and was about two
wears old.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
Old California Hotels.

u was in California during the stir
ring days of 1s51-2," said an old, tall,
lank minstrel man who had been in Aus
tralia for the last twenty years, and who
recently returned 70 this country TO die,
being afflicted with an incurable disease.
Il was fourteen years old or so, he went
on to 4 reporter of the Syracuse Sand-
ard. land hanger-on at my uncle's
mining camp. We ran into San Fran
cisco frequently, and shall never forget
the attractions which two rival hotels Of
fered to the public to eclipse the others
patronage. One of them was known as
The Clean Shirt and the other as the
Golden Eagle. The Clean Shirt started
with a small, one-horse brass band con
cert on the balcony every evening, and
drew big crowds, including about all
the Golden Eagles guests. Pretty
soon, however, the Clean Shirt be
ban to lose its boarders by the
score without any apparent cause The
proprietor enlarged his brass band and
polished up his bar without effect. 1t
didn't take him long to find out that the
Golden Eagle was having nightly cock
ing mains and dogfghts for the exclusive
benefit of her guests. Then the Clean
Shirt got back part of its custom by in
PRODUCING private prize fights and slug
-<yying matches. Its fact, gent emen,
differences to settle they used 10 offer
their services to the proprietor of the
Clean Shirt, who paid well for fight,
the money going TO the winner of course
these exhibition were given in private
quarters, and none but guests and their
friends were admitted. The Golden
Eagle next enhanced its attractvencss
by knocking out one end of the dining
room and building on a stage and green
room and other like accessories, and had
variety performances at every meal.
Women were scarce in that part
of the country, and the Golden
Eagles half-dozen serio- comics, who
came on from the Lord knows
where, proved great card, better one
than the Clean Shirt, with all its in
genuity, could play. One day, however,
a desperate went into the Clean Shirt
and shot a bartender, phenomenon
which made it famous and placed it far
ahead of the Golden Eagle in the estima-
ton of the travelling public, But the
proprietor of the Eagle was an ingenious,
enterprising cuss and saw his oppor-
tunity He headed gang which went out
and captured the murderer, and, bring
ing him back, strung him up on the
dining-room stage one evening at supper,
and all the guests, transient and per
manent, were accorded the privilege of
firing their reyolvers at his dangling
body. That was a great day for Golden
Eagle. One shot accidentally went
through the head of waiter, and the
entertainment far exceeded the pre-
prietor'smost sanguine expectations"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
She Knew His Habits.

"Seen anything of my husbandi" de-
handed Sioux Falls woman one day
this week # an officer in front of the
postoffice.
NO, ma'am; has he disappeared mys-
teriouslyln
"Nawl he came down town the same
as usual this morning, but dinner has
been ready nour, and it's all getting
cold. and he isn't back yet. .
"You have been to his office, l sup
posea"
fool away looking for him there. Say,
Is there a sick horse at any of the livery
stablesl"
mot that know of"
s.Been any dog-fghts around lately"
"Haven't heard of any"
ANY ten-cent show or target gun IN
town.
Gan gone, madam"
"Any man in a wagon selling brass
jewelryl'
"Guess notr'
.sNo fire anywhere in town."
'sNo."
..No pools being sold anywhere on
some race-horse, or trial going on in JUS
tice courtg'
"Not anyln
'.No man selling medicine on the
street, no circus bills just pasted up any
where, no woman walking a tight roper
ssNot one. y
"Well, that's peculiar-I can't SEE
whore John can be -
There's a couple of Frenchmen witt
tame cinnamon bear down on Phillips
avenue, madam
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
Nothing Like a Boom.

A man who had not been in certain
Dakota town for something over year,
was recently talking with man who
lives there and happened to refer to the
stream the place is situated on as a
..ereff has, :
8 "They called it Buffalo Wallow creek
when l was there before"
''oh, well, that's all right, but it's
Big Buffalo river now"
Il don't see what could make the
difference
81 can-that was before the boom, it
was creek then, but you bet it's big
flowing river with catfish and sea
serpent in it nowl Just read the local
paper and learn about the immense
water-power' it furnishes, and how it is
AN important factor in settling the vexed
interstate commerce law complications.
/ tell you there's nothing like boom to
bring out the good points of things. y
Dakota Bel.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
NIGHT

The dewy mists fan down Ger sea and land,
The sky is dark save where twinkling star
Peeps through the clouds, and gazing from
afar,
Tirs every ripplidg wave that lavss ths
strand
With sparks and strcaks and shinrmerinS
threads OF light
A soft breeze spreads the breath of sleeping
flowers,
And through the stiffness, signaling the
hours,
The whippoorwilrs sad cry rings through the
night.
The world is wrapped in darkness, shadows
fall,
Like siIhouettes. beneath each giant tree,
And from the meadows crickets ehirp AMI
call,
And WOO the frogs in sweet security.
Der the dim earth the vail Of night is thrown,
And Darkness now claims all things as her.
own
Maud Kalbfeiseh, in Boston Trdaserip.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
The Cause OF Cyclones.

The conditions which lead to the
formation of cyclone are as follows
In those heated portions of land and sea
where the circumstances permit the air
to remain for long time undisturbed,
it becomes very warm and charged with
moisture; the hotter it becomes the more
moisture it contains, and the less it per-
mits the heat Indicating from the surface
to pass through its texture; at the same
time the upper air, deprived of its usual
share of radiant heat, becomes abnor-
mally cold; finally, as in the dust-whirls
and tOrnadoes, the lower air breaks
ts4 sE .hss5tses t Is 5es;n5;Ssar
cyclone storm is probably of no greater
size and of much less ascending force
than tornado, there are several reasons
which make its history different from
that of the smaller whirls. In the first
place, the field Of heated air which causes
the cyclone is far more extensive than
that which produces the tornado, though
at the same time the difference of tenn
pature between the upper and lower air
may be less. The greater bulk of the
lower stratum of hot and moist air per-
mits the cyclone to grow larger, but the
less ascensiOnal force of the lower air
makes it rather less violent in its move
ments.
As soon as the ascending current
brings portion of the heated air from
the surface into the higher level it ex-
pands, and the force originally in the
form of heat, which kept it in the state
of vapor serves to increase the ascending
column just as much as would the direct
application of heat sufficient vaporize
the water. Thus we have two sources of
force to impel the air in the cyclone up
ward. Both these forces appear in the
tornado, but there the original heat Of
the lower air is the principal cause of the
motion.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
Pulque Plants.

Interesting examples of the agave
Americana, the variety of the century
plant from which pulque is made, are TO
be seen in the windows of Boston store.
These plants, says the Boston Herald, are
but infants, however; in Mexico they
grow to enormous size, something like
eight to ten feet high, and the flower
stalk. with its clusters of beautiful pure
white blossoms. shoots up to height of
twelve to fifteen feet The plant bios
SONS when seven years old, or so; that's,
if let alone. On the pulque plantations
it is not permitted to blossom; when the
flower stalk begins to form it is cut away
and large, cuplike cavity made into
the soft heart OF the plant, which fills
with the sap and is emptied once or twice
day. This sap, fermented, forms the
popular Mexican beverage called pulque
pronounced pull-kehl.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07

she asked what I was going 10 do about
it. Patton had by that time returned,
having raised such a row that his captors
feared to detain him longer, and he
answered the question by picking up a
rope and starting for the nearest tree.
This broke the woman down, ald she
begged and pleaded so abjectly that we
left her free to go where she would,
when we drove on. To have taken her to
Ockmulgee, Kickapoo, or any other town
as a prisoner would have been to cause US
great delay and annoyance, and t was
some consolation TO know that the blow
gave her caused a wound from which she
would not recover for many days. She
was penitent enough as we drove away,
but six weeks later was killed with her
husband while stealing stock from the
Creek Indians. York SUI.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A shoemaker in Bingen has invented
intercollegiate, with which he has
made successful trial trips.
A successful attempt to make photo
graph of a sunrise from the summit OF
Pixies Peak has been made by G. F. Sny-
der, member of the Sigual Corps.
Tidal observations on the eastern coast
of America have acquired a new impor-
lance since the Coast Survey has confirmed
by recent observations the older sugges-
ton that there arc tidal fuxes in the Gulf
Stream.
An inclination of one inch in fifteen
miles IS sufficient TO give motion to WA
ter. An inclination Of three inches per
mile IN straight smooth channel will
give velocity Of three miles per hour,
while three feet per mile would produce
torrent.
An apparatus of iron and glass in
which pressure of 1000 atmosphercs
can be developed for the purpose of
studying the influence of great pressure
on animal life has been exhibited to BIZ
ologists in France. With it deep-sea ami
mails can be observed under their natural
compression.
White is usually defined as a combina-
| ton of all colors, and black as the alb
sence Of color. Speaking accurately. an
object is white when it throws back all
the rays of the light, and black when it
absorbs all. A blue object absorbs all
rays except the blue, which it reflects. a
red object reflects the red rays only, and
so on through all the colors and their
combinations.
The fact is noted that, in climates hav-
mpsTstatiffee r s,s o. o. ses .e @
seasons, railroad track of the length o.
400 miles is some 33S yards longer IL
summer than in winter; that is, though
of course the length of road remains The
same, expansion forces the metal closel
together, making an aggregate closingul
of space between the rails of nearly yarC
in each mile.
Some attention has been directed o
late to the phenomenon, as observed, tina
the usual heat produced by friction L
conspicuous by its absence when the ar
ticles are magnetized. An example o
! TINS hAAAAf ds htStlAutNs - WHICH, WI n
man fastened couple of powerful mag
nets to his lathe to hold more securely
piece of metal which he was to drill anC
turn, the presence of the magnets kept the
metal so cold that no water was needed tC
keep the drill moist.
Professor Harvey W. Wiley has beer
long in the employ of the Agricultural
! napar+v,a,f OF INalbipcfop andaax+orin Z
to master the whole subject of sugar from
sorghum. He concludes that the lorna
ton of sucrose by the plant is only an &C
cidental or advantitious process, and onl.
occurs from waste material. He conclude
from this fact that sugar from sorghum
will never be an industry that anyon
can long engage in, as tine results will b
more or less accidental. Sometimes plant
may yield a good percentage of sugar, a
other times none at all.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
A Straw Hat FIaYor.

Little Nellie, five years old. went to
walk on Sunday afternoon with her par
ents. The party strolled along the bank
Of the reservoir, concerning the use of
which Nellie asked many questions
While they were there they witnessed an
exciting episode small boys straw
hat was blown off his head into the res
ervoir and iished out with no little diff
Guilty with the aid of long pole.
That evening at supper, as Nellie was
drinking water from glass, she asked /:
rs this water the same as the water
up in the reservoir
"Yes dear"
Nellie smacked her lips in an expert
mental way, and with slight expression
of displeasure.
well" she said, 81 think it tastes
some of straw hat i''-Bost0a Transcript.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
The Biz Prizes of Literature.

The Philadelphia Press gives some IN
teresting information about the prices
paid to writers of books. Stanley Is to
get $50, 600 for the account Of the triple
is now undertaking. This is one Of the
largest sums ever paid for a single volume.
Thackeray's largest income from any on
book was not over S2j, 900; Wilkie Col
Inns got $2G, 900 for '.Armadale" George
Eliot $40, 900 for "Middlemarch,
Scott $40, 600 for " Woodstock" and
Macauley 500, 600 for his history. The
S494, coo received by Mrs. Grant for the
memoirs Of the General stands unique
in literature. The earnings of the late
Sylvanas Cobb, Jr., who wrote those re-
markahle tales for the New York Ledger,
were about $40, 900 a year. These are the
big prizes of literature. but they illus
trate the general fact that literary work
was never so lucrative as to-day The
market value Of brains gets higher as the
world becomes more civilized.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
How Gold is shipped to Europe.


When one recalls the millions upon
millions Of dollars in gold that annually
seek Europe to provide for the necessl-
ties Of our import trade, the question OF
how gold Is shipped to Europe becomes
curious and interesting one The Bank
of America, writes New FORK CORE
spondent Of the Gio'e-Democrat, Is the
largest single shipper OF gold abroad
Shipments are made IN stout kegs, very
like the ordinary beer key Every one
contains $50, 900 in coin or bar gold
The latter IS the favorite for these ship
ments. since the government has pr
mitted the sub-trcasury to exchange bar
for coin gold, as com IN ) OOo, OOO snip
e., ;@ht 90 .ront - o,,rcos fra S1Ss
n SsS6. and The 5ars onlv lose about
:, -,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07

Mr.. Staylate has been entertaining Miss
Lila with an account of the doings of the
Kit Carson Rife Club, and is Just enter
ing upon the preface to the introduction
Of the ninth chapter of the second vol
ume.
Miss Lila with weary but heroic in
terest.-''And you are a good shot, Mr..
staylatei"
Mr.. staylate (modestly). -'fWell, raw
ther; they do say that yours truly spoils
the bulls eye every time he draws a
bead. F"
Miss Lila.-'I should think you would
make a splendid target appalled,
silence of an interrogatory nature). Be
cause you never would be missed"
And after that, like a good smooth
bore, lie went Brooklyn Eagle.
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Canine Appreciation Of Watermelon.

A hairy, fat man in buster which the
perspiration had glued fast to his back,
was eating watermelon at corner
stand. Now and then he tossed n piece
to a fat hairy dog that squatted beside
him, and the dog always caught it in his
mouth and swallowed it. Dogs said
the fat man. while another melon WAS be-
ing cut, initiate their masters. You can
teach any dog to eat what you eat your
self. That dog eats all kinds of vegeta-
bles and fruit, and drinks tea coffee and
beer. Ny wife says its a disease, but it
Is simply common sense. He knows that
what won't hurt me won't hurt him, and
it must be good, or wouldn't take it. "
"Will he eat picklesin
mo replied the fat man, with 4
whitening glance, NO, more will I.
They're the unhealthiest invention ever
was made. Here, Prince,"
And he and the hairy dog fell to work
on the second melon-Nslo York Ns'rs.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07

Snow BALLs.-Place rice in milk to
swell; strain; add one teaspoonful lemon
and cinnamon; pare and core apples; put
the rice around them; tie in cloth and
boil well. Eat with cream and sugar.
SrEwED POTATOES AND TOMATOES
Tomatoes are good stewed, with double
their measure of new potatoes. which are
TO be quartered and half cooked before
adding the tomatoes. The addition of a
little sweet milk or cream before taking
from the fire is desirable.
oSE. Two. THREE. -Four GAkE.5~z!5lssssss \.
cups of flour and four eggs; one cup Of
sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder; rub sugar and butter together,
beat white Of eggs TO a froth and add
last. Flavor with vanilla or lemon.
CHICKEN BAKED IN RIcE.-Cut a
chicken into joints as for fricassee;
season with salt and pepper, lay it in a
pudding dish, with few slices of bacon
or salt pork and tablespoonful OF butter
and one pint of water; cover the whole
well with boiled rice and bake in quick
oven one hour.
EGG SALAD. one dozen or less
hard boiled eggs, slice on one side and
remove the yoke; mash or rub the
yolks into a smooth taste; moisten with
vinegar and add a small quantity of
made mustard and salt Fill the whites
with the mixture and place on a dish
serve with lettuce.
CAMPHoR TO ExPEL MOSQUITOES.
Take of gum camphor piece about one
third the size of hens egg, and evapor-
ate it by placing it in a tin vessel, and
holding it over a lamp, taking care that
it does not ignite The smoke will soon
fill the room and expel the mosquitoes,
and not one will be found in the room
the next morning, even though the win
dows are left open all night.
SrEwED CUcUMBERs.-Thre large
cucumbers cut lengthwIse the size of the
dish they are intended to be served in;
take out the seeds and put them into boil
ing water with little salt, and let them
simmer for five minutes, then place them
in another saucepan with half pint of good
brown gravy and let them boil over a
brisk fire until the cucumbers are tender
Should they be bitter add lump of sugar
carefully dish them, skim the sauce, pour
it over the cucumbers and serve
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
PITH AND POINT.

Bakers can be forgiven for being some
what crusty
A poet saws: behind the clouds the
sun is shining" There is Just where We
want it TO shine. -Baltimore American
\ note Of but line or two
From an old and trusted friend,
Who said he'd meet it at the bank,
But stuck me in the end
Philadelphia Call
Poots saws he has no use for the bath
ing beach, siace he only has to climb
steeple 70 make his head swlm--slt-
The man who swore to make his mark
in the world has since thought better Of
it and concluded 20 learn to write his
name -Neo York Mas.
Every picnicker hates,
With hatred intense,
The man who put up
That barbed wire fence.
~ Washington Critic.
A rural correspondent ask: GLOW can
| remove vcrmin from my hens" Make
use their combs Your hens don't seem to
have been brought up right.-Biagham-
ton Republican.
A New York oculist says that only one
man in six hundred knows how to take
care of his eyes. 1t is evident that more
people should take boxing lessons. De
! troit Free Press.
The ills which in this world are rife
Are 20 no class confined.
The organ grinder says his life
Is Just "one horrid grind
boston Courier
Burglars arc an inconsistent class.
When they are on the outside Of a house
they want to break in. When they get
into nice stone building the State pro-
vides for them they want to break out
-Bos'0a C0avi0.
She-''Here comes Nasher; why is he
so cool to you now.7 Ie-"Because he
tried to cut me out with the girl I've
since married" She-"But why are you
so savage with him." He-''Because he
didn't succeed. Life.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07

Frequently a housekeeper wisncs-to
place a variety of cake before a guest
and has not time to follow several re-
ceipts. Imperial cake has the advantage
Of making from one proportion three va
rieties. A proportion of it can be baked
in biscuit tin, iced, and when the icing
has stood till it is firm enough to mark
IL off in squares with a knife, melt a
little charcoal in a cup over teakettle,
and with small camel's-hair brush mark
each square as the taste dictates. Two
small bar-tins can be made, one with cit
ron or raisins and one plain cake, or a
cake of three layers and a bar-tin. Two
kinds of layer cake can he made
by cutting the layers in halves and
filling each with something different.
A piece Of white writing paper
can be placed between the halves,
and they can be placed lightly together
so they will not become dry. The receipt
calls for seven ounces of butter for a rich
cake, SIX for palmer one; one pound of
powered sugar, one pound of sifted flour,
a scant half-piut of milk, one teaspoon
of soda, slightly more than level, then
level teaspoons of cream tartar and FIVE
eggs. Flavor with almond, vanilla, or
rose. Pulverize the soda thoroughly and
sift it and the cream tartar with the flour.
It is better to sift it twice, beat the but
ter to a cream and stir the sugar in. Then
add the yolks of the eggs well beaten
and stir for few minutes and then add
the milk. Have some one stir in the
flour while the eggs are being beaten to a
stiff froth. The whites must be lightly
stirred in Just before the cake is ready to
be put into the pan. Bake in a quick
oven.-Detrot Tribune
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Care of Knives and Forks

To keep knives and forks in good con-
dition, wipe them as soon as possible
after being used, as the longer they are
left with stains on them the harder they
will be TO clean. After cleaning, put
them into a vessel of hot water and wipe
dry with a soft flannel cloth. 1t is .
good plan to rub the steel parts with a
flannel dipped in oil, letting it remain
on for an hour or so and then wipe dry.
Another method is to dust the blades
and prongs with quicklime finely pow
dered, wiping in an hour or two and
wrapping them in a flannel cloth. This
restores their polish in part. Never let
the handles of bone or ivory knives lie
in water
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07
4 Tale of a Turtle.

The sea serpent mystery has beesT
solved for Maine. He was seen recently
from the vessel of Captain C. II. Griffin,
who harpooned him, and the ship was
carried over the seas at a rate of speed
that would excel the Volunteer. But
after a few hours the animal became ex-
hausted and rose to the surface, reveal
ing its identity as an immense turtle.
When it was hoisted on shore 1t was
weighed and tipped 1,430 pounds. \
vessel containing ten Southern turtles
was wrecked in Maine waters about lifiy
years ago. and this is supposed 10 be
one Of them and accounts for the many
a-serpen: stories that have originated in
the Stste.-.SDrnqneH Republie0H